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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Nov 8, 2022 at 6:51 am
Max View in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Global Event: Total Lunar Eclipse
Local Type: Total Lunar Eclipse in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Began: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 4:32 am
Maximum: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 6:51 am 1.066 Magnitude
Ended: Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 6:59 am
Duration: 2 hours, 27 minutes

All times shown on this page are local time.

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November 8, 2022 — Total Lunar Eclipse — St. John's

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The animation shows what the eclipse approximately looked like in St. John's. Stages and times of the eclipse are outlined below. All times were local time (NST) for St. John's.

TimePhaseEventDirectionAltitude
4:32 am Tue, Nov 8
Penumbral Eclipse begins The Earth's penumbra start touching the Moon's face.Map direction West 269°
22.2°
5:39 am Tue, Nov 8
Partial Eclipse begins Partial moon eclipse starts - moon is getting red.Map direction West 281°
11.5°
6:46 am Tue, Nov 8
Total Eclipse begins Total moon eclipse starts - completely red moon.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Additionally, the eclipsed moon combined with dimming near horizon might make the Moon very hard or impossible to see.
Map direction West-northwest 292°
1.4°
6:51 am Tue, Nov 8
Maximum in St. John's This is the moment when the eclipse reaches its greatest magnitude while the entire Moon is above the horizon in St. John's. The true maximum point of this eclipse cannot be seen in St. John's because the Moon is below the horizon at that time.
Moon close to horizon, recommend going to a high point.
Map direction West-northwest 293°
0.7°
6:59 am Tue, Nov 8SettingMoonset Setting, but the combination of a very low moon and the total eclipse phase makes the Moon so dim before it sets, that it might disappear from view some time before it sets.Map direction West-northwest 295°
-0.2°
7:29 am Tue, Nov 8Not directly visibleMaximum Eclipse Below horizonMap direction West-northwest 300°
-5.1°
8:11 am Tue, Nov 8Not directly visibleTotal Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 308°
-10.6°
9:19 am Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePartial Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction Northwest 322°
-18.1°
10:26 am Tue, Nov 8Not directly visiblePenumbral Eclipse ends Below horizonMap direction North-northwest 338°
-23.2°

The curvature of the shadow's path and the apparent rotation of the Moon's disk is due to the Earth's rotation.

This total lunar eclipse was fully visible in St. John's. The total lunar eclipse is sometimes called a blood moon, as the Moon turns red.


Eclipses and Transits Visible in St. John's

Eclipse Visibility From St. John'sVisibility Worldwide
Mar 25, 2024 Penumbral Lunar EclipsePenumbral Lunar Eclipse
Apr 8, 2024 Partial Solar EclipseTotal Solar Eclipse
Sep 17–18, 2024 Partial Lunar EclipsePartial Lunar Eclipse
Mar 14, 2025 Total Lunar EclipseTotal Lunar Eclipse
Mar 29, 2025 Partial Solar EclipsePartial Solar Eclipse

Note: Click on the date link for details in St. John's, or the path map image for global details.

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